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The Society SONS OF REVOLUTIONARY 




SIRES in sending out their Memorial Bulletin, 
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SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 28, 1885. 

It is our painful duty to announce to the Society the death of our illustrious 
and honored life-member General U. 8. Grant, on Mount McGregor, New York, 
early in the morning of Thursday, the 23 inst. 

Our gifted Comrade was a scion of Eevolutionary stock, being a 
of Captain Noah Gi'ant, of the Connecticut line of the Continental Army. 

A soldier of the Eepublic, combining the virtues of Washington, the first 
Commander-in-Chief, with the military genius of a conqueror, an honor to our 
Society, and the giver to all Americans of the heritage of his example, that of an 
overflowing measure of patriotism, courage and fidelity. 

As the descendants of the brave and valiant few, who, by their wage of 
arms, assisted in laying the foundation of the American Nation, we recognize the 
hand of the Omnipotent in organizing, directing, controling and securing the vic- 
tory to the great Commander in battle. 

The career of Ulysses Simpson Grant is so widely known that every nation 
has heard of his broad statesmanship and noble deeds of valor, and rec^led his 
fame in their hearts and letters. 

His life and military achivements present some of the finest traits of the 
American citizen and soldier— unswerving integrity, intrepid conduct, truthfulness, 
honor, firmness in discipline and zeal in the profession in which he was educated, 
"tempering the administration of an exact discipline by the most elevated cour- 
tesies." 

As a token of respect for his eminent ability, exalted character and devotion 
to the American people, which traits are without parallel in the annals of the 
Republic, the members of this society will wear the usual badge of mourning for 
thirty days, and a page of our records will be set apart to perpetuate the fact that 
his name is borne on the roll of o^ membership. 

The members of this Society are especially enjoined to assist in the parade and 
be present at the obsequies to be held on August 8th. 

LORING PICKERING, 

[SEAX.] PRESIDENT. 

A. S. HUBBARD, 

SECltETAUY. 



IN + MEMORIAM 






GEN'L ALBERT M. V^INN. 



Ra^e gfe.o.t faii"^ In an o-ser-ruPlng Sro^jiiilenee 



WM. WINN, the grandfather of Albert M. Winn, was born in Maryland in 1746, and 
was a patriotic farmer taking part in the Revolutionary War. He died near Zanesville, Ohio, 
in 1826. His wife was Annie Smallwood, a sister of General Wm. Smallwood of the Revolu- 
tionary Army. 

A. M. Winn was the sou of Captain John S. Winn who was born in Maryland in 1776. 
He married Augusta Maver in 1809 in Philadelphia. They immediately removed to Loudon 
Co., Virginia. He, (Capt. Jno. S. Winn) commanded a Volunteer Co , raised and equipped at 
Leesburg during the War of 1812. After its close he removed to Culpepper Co. In 1824 he 
removed to Zanesville, Ohio, where he died in 1843. He was the father of eighteen children. 

A. M. Winn was born April 27, 1810, in Loudon Co., Virginia, and was educated in 
Culpepper Co. until he was fourteen years old. After that he worked on his father's farm 
until 1826. He was a Jackson Democrat. On Sept. 29, 1835, he received his commission as 
1st Lieutenant. July 18. 1836, he was commissioned Assistant Quartermaster General with the 
rank of Major on the Staff of Gov. Chas. Lynch. In 1840 he was appointed Drill Master of the 
State and held the office for four years. He was commissioned Col. 1st. Reg. Miss. Militia, 
Feb. 28, 1S45. He was Secretary of the Phoenix Engine Company for seven years, and a 
member of the City Council. 

Adjutant Gen'l Buckley, Col. Courtney and Col. A. M. Winn were judges of the elec- 
tion when Jefferson Davis was elected Colonel 1st. Miss. Reg. Volunteers Mexican War. He 
was President of the Master Carpenters and Joiners Society of Vicksburg. He left Vicksburg 
Feb. 14, 1849 for California, via New Orleans, through Texas and Mexico. He arrived in San 
Francisco May 28, 1849 and in Sacramento June 15, 1849. He was elected President of the 
first City Council of Sacramento Aug. 1st, 1849, thereby becoming the first Mayor of Sacra- 
mento. He also was elected President of the Sacramento Odd Fellows Association. He acted 
as agent for Gen'l J. A. Sutter. Removing to Grass Valley in 1851 he was commissioned 
Notary Public. He was appointed Brigadier Genei'al in 1850 and reappointed by Gov. John 
Bigler in 1854. He joined the Sous of Temperance Aug 23, 1853. Removing to Sutter Co. 
in 1857 he was nominated for the Legislature in 1860, but was defeated. He was President of 
the State Swamp Land Commissioners. He was connected with divers matters for the promotion 
of the welfare of the people, being a prominent supporter of the eight hour movement and of the 
Temperance Cause. In 1875 he organized the Native Sons of the Golden West, now a large 
and numerous association. He also assisted in organizing the Society of the Sons of the 
Revolutionai-y Sires. He was married twice. By his first wife he had three daughters and 
one son. She died in 1861 after thirty years of married life. In 1865 he was again married 
to the widow of James King of William. In 1876 he removed to Sonoma, where, at the resi- 
dence of his step- son Chas. J. King he died Aug. 26, 1883, at the advanced age of 73 years. 



Letter from the State Librarian of Connecticut _ 



Connecticut State Library, 
Hartford, August 23(1, 1882. 

Col. a. S. Hubbard, Secretary Sons of Revolu- 
tionary Sires, San Francisco, Cal. — Dear Sir: I 
have received the Circular No. 3, series of 1882. 
In reference to Jonathan Steuben, his memorial, 
dated 30th of January, 1783, as well as the original 
Act which was jiassed thereon, are both preserved 
here among the State archives (Miscellaneous, vol. 
Ill, docs. 217, 218). The discrepancy between 
the dates — 8th and 30th January — is explained by 
the fact that a session of the General Assembly, 
however long, was then considered as one day, 
and all Acts, etc., bore the date of the first day of 
the session. I am glad to learn that a son of 
Jonathan Steuben is still living, and have placed 
for preservation the printed paper between the 
memorial and the bill. Yours, respectfully, 

Chas. J. HoADLY, State Librarian. 



Letter from Lossimj, the Historian. 



The Ridges, Dover Plains 
Duchess Co., N. Y., August 28th, 1882. 

My Dear Sir: I dulj' received your favor of Au- 
gust 12th, and cordially thank you for your kind 
courtesy in sending me the Bulletin of your Asso- 
ciation, issued July 4th, 1882. The information 
concerning Jonathan (Arnold) Steuben is entirely 
new to me and of deep interest to American stu- 
dents of history. Your associate, William North 
Steuben, has the honor of bearing the name of two 
jjersons whom the American jieojjle hold in rever- 
ence for their public services. General North was 
so beloved by the Baron that Steuben bequeathed 
to him about one-half of his property. Your Asso- 
ciation is doing noble work in rescuing' from 
oblivion the records of deeds of men of the Revo- 
lution and their dependants who have done valua- 
ble service to the country. I trust you will be 
eminently successful in your laudable undertak- 
ing. I gladly accejit your kind ofl'er to send me 
your bulletins that may be issued in the future, 
for any publication of the kind possesses great in- 
terest for me. 

With thanks to your kindly allusions to my 
past labors, I am, dear sir, faithfully yours, 

Benson J. Lossing. 
Col. a. S. Hubbard, 
Secretary of the Association of Sons of Revolution- 
ary Sires, San Francisco, Cal. 



Letter from Ex-Gov. Hamilton Fish, 
President of the Order of Cincinnati 



251 East 17th Stuicet, New York. 

April 27, 1887. 

Col. A. S. Hi'BBAED, PuEsiDENT-Dear Sir: I have 
the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your 
letter of the 10th inst., informing me of the honor 
conferred upon me hy the Board of Directors of 
the Sons of Revolutionary Sires by making me an 
honorary member of their Society — an honor which 
I gratefully accejit and for whichi beg leave to 
express my high appreciation. 

The establishment in the vigorous and jJatriotic 
West of the principles involved in the objects of 
the Society gives assurance of the continued cher- 
ishing of the memory of a common ancestry among 
descendants, liowever widely scattered, and of the 
permanence of that union which our fathers de- 
clared must be perpetual. Very respectfully yours, 

Hamilton Fish. 



Leiter from Ex- I^residi'Ul R. li. Hayes 



Spiegel Grove, Fremont, O., April 20, 1887. 

CoL. A. S. Hubbard — My Dear Sir: I appreci- 
ate very highly the honor conferred by the society 
over which you preside. Please accept my thanks 
for your kind note and for the interesting docu- 
ments it contained. My great-grandtatlaers all 
served in the Revolutionary Army. One carried a 
musket at Bunker Hill. One — probably two — 
were at Yorktown, and one died in the service. 

I esteem it a special honor to be enrolled among 
the members of the Society whose object is "to 
perpetuate the memory of those who took part in 
the American Revolution." Sincerely, 

R. B. Hayes. 



Prince Society, 
18 Somerset Street, Bo.ston, Mass. 
President of the Sons of Revolutionary Sires, 

San Francisco, Cal. 
Dear Sir: — I have received an official letter 
signed by yourself and the Secretary, informing 
me that I have been elected an honorary member 
thereof. I hereby accept said membership, and 
tender my thanks to your association for the hoiioi 
they have done me. Respectfully yours, 

John Ward Dean. 



Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 
San Francisco, October 17th, 1882 
A. S. Hubbard, Esq. Secretary to the Society 
of the Sons of Revolutionary Sires — Sir: I am 
instructed by the Board of Supervisors to acknowl- 
edge the receipt of your communication of the 
Kith inst., and to inform you that the Board will 
have much pleasure in ac(!epting the invitation 
therein extended for Thursday evening next. 
Very Respectfully, 

Jno. a. Russell, Clerk. 



Maj. ABRAHAM B. VENABLE 



BORN IN PRINCE EDWARDS CO., VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER Sth, 1838, 
DIED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 16th, 1885. 



A graduate of Hampdeu Sidney College, Virginia. Lawyer, Orator and Journalist, 
A gallant officer and soldier. An officer of the Society at his death. A public spirited 
citizen and warm friend. 



HEADQUARTERS 

Sons of Revolutionary Sires, 

SAN FRANCISCO, SEPTEMBER 13, 1887. 

With deep sorrow we announce to the Society the death of WASHINGTON 
BAETLETT, Governor of California, in the City of Oakland, on the 12th inst , his life going 
out as the day was drawing to a close. 

A pioneer citizen, honored and esteemed for his piablic service to the City and State^ 
faithful to important trusts, winning the respect and confidence of all with whom he was 
brought in friendly and official relation, never swerving from the strict path of integrity and 
duty, either from personal reasons or political bias. 

A pure-minded citizen of the Union, whose character needs no eulogy. 

A worthy descendant of ancestors who mutually pledged to each other their lives, 
their fortunes and their sacred honor to maintain the unity of the American Kepublic. 

As a token of the sympathy with his relations aud the people of the Commonwealth 
in the loss of the Executive, aud respect for his distinguished public labors, a copy of this 
order will be spread on the records of the Society, and the members are requested to be 
present at and participate in the funeral services in Trinity Episcopal Church, on Friday, 
the 16th, at 11 a. m. 

A. S. HUBBARD, Peesident. 
E. L. WILLAKD, Secretary. 



OFFICERS S. 
COL. A. S. HUBBARD, President. 
CHAS. J. KING, 1st Vice-President. 
DAVID MEEKER, 2d Vice-President, 



R. S. 1886-1889. 

J. P. DAMERON, Treasurer. 

EMORY L. WILLARD, M. D , Secretary, 

WM. SCHUYLER MOSES, Marshal. 



Rev. CHAKLES M. BLAKE, U.S.A. (retired) Chaplain. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 
CoL. URIAH WALLACE. Col. DAVID WILDER. Col. W. B. EASTIN. 

EX-PRESIDENTS: 
Gen. a. M. WINN. CALEB T. FAY. Capt. A. C. TAYLOR. LORING PICKERING. 



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